Appeal No. 2000-0875 Page 2
Application No. 08/945,138
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method for ironing
a cup and an ironing tool for ironing a cup. A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Phalin et al. (Phalin) 4,502,313 March 5,
1985
Okakda et al. (Okakda) JP 4-100639 1 April 2, 1992
Claims 10 and 14 to 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Okakda in view of Phalin.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
1In determining the teachings of Okakda, we will rely on
the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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